AA108 - Breaking into Penetration Testing and Career Paths, with Steve Kline

In this episode, Lead Web Application Penetration Tester Steve Kline joins Product Manager Brian Orlando and Enterprise Agility Coach Om Patel to discuss the field of penetration testing.

In addition to discussing how people break into pen testing, we talk about commonalities in career paths, differences in training and certifications, and the assumption of risk (or not).

0:00 Topic Intro
0:28 Breaking In
4:53 Getting into Pen Testing
9:13 Journey to Pen Testing
13:29 Jumping Straight In (No Experience)
17:30 Arguing on NFRs
18:54 Appetite for Risk
27:22 Org Structure of Pen Testers
30:09 Business Viability
31:21 Musing on QA to Pen Testing
34:33 Implications of AI
39:35 Advice for Breaking In from Steve
43:45 Advice for Breaking In from Om
47:06 Advice for Breaking In from Brian
51:49 A Final Note on Mentors

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AA108 - Breaking into Penetration Testing, with Steve Kline